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GORGEOUS in Canberra, even right next to the airport.
EASILY saw the "eye sockets" of M42 even with a 4" at f/8. No problem at all seeing the E star in the Trapezium, and I convinced myself I saw the F, fleetingly (which isn't bad for a VERY light polluted area!). The Running Man was also quite nebulous for a change. α Crucis was resolved into α Crucis A and α Crucis B. Not even a hint of scintillation on any stars I looked at.
Used my Pentax Zoom EP for nearly all of it - it is truly a wonderful EP through a Tak triplet, and showed volumes of contrasted nebulosity and structure in M42, even without any filter.
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